NSW AAGPS 2025

[wisemaan]

Anyone know how the 16s comp is shaping up? I heard the Riverview 16 As has 7 people up playing opens (must be a strong age group), is this true?

I assume where you "heard it from" was either your mate or likely yourself and that is the reason you are bringing it up. So maybe you could fill us in @Rugger_observer...

 

[Rugger_observer]

An undersized pack. They need to trial and mix some of the larger 2nd forwards into the 1s to see how they hold up. Shore will never have the largest pack but need to win their lineouts and have a solid scrum. They have a three 1s players in the backline to return but those trialing will be better for the 2 games in 1st. Also a few could focus on play vs a push and shove….. when your down by 20 winning the niggle is no victory. Take nothing away from a solid Cranbook team.

Look there’s no excuse to loose to Cranbrook by that much points

RO out.

 

[Rugger_observer]

I assume where you "heard it from" was either your mate or likely yourself and that is the reason you are bringing it up. So maybe you could fill us in @Rugger_observer...

That’s why I’m asking wiseman!, there is no need to throw out accusations that off a question about the 16s comp this year.

 

[WLF3]

In 2021 I watched a Joeys v Knox game at Parramatta stadium. Good game with lots of Knox boys in attendance. Joeys won a great game. It was such a shame that year as Joeys had such a gun side and the season was scratched due to COVID.

May I propose that the winners of the AAGPS and the CAS play each other the following year as a trial at venues such as these, attached to a Waratah game, Thoughts?

Funny extra. At the end of the Knox v Joeys game, the team ran over the Joeys boarders who were small in number but loud in voice for a singing of the "Sub Tuum". As they started four Waratahs ran over from their warm up and joined the Joeys players and sang too.

J, Your suggestion of these 2 winning sides playing each other is a topic widely discussed every year, and before a big game in a big venue would be terrific!

As an aside, that years Joeys side was a cracker, as was the View side.
In the CAS the Waves, Barker, both had cracker sides, Knox and Cranbrook were also strong.

Here's some relative performance that may have indicated who would have played in a GPS/CAS decider in 2021.

Barker just beat Joeys.
View just beat Barker.
Joeys just beat Knox.
Knox just beat View.

Waves put 50 on a solid Kings side at Kings, and comfortably beat Newington and Shore, in fact they won all 8 games that they played prior to Covid killing the season.

The only direct comparison could be drawn in the fact that Waves thumped a full Knox side 38-14 (Knox also scored and converted on the bell).

We will never know, but I am sure your concept would be very widely applauded.

 

[Joker]

Thank you WLF3 for your observations.

In a recent interview, John Reading (ex Joeys 1st XV coach and winner of 3 titles) noted that Joeys have never played St Joseph's Nudgee. It would take some organizing but I would love to see a tournament involving all winning schools in Australia play in a schools carnival like we see in the Aus Schools Championships.

Here are my contenders.
Winners of these school rugby competitions would play.

AAGPS
CAS
ISA
QLD Associated Independent Colleges
QLD GPS
Victorian Schools Rugby Union

It would be an incredible experience.

 

[twister29]

Anyone know how the 16s comp is shaping up? I heard the Riverview 16 As has 7 people up playing opens (must be a strong age group), is this true?

As I see you are on a brand new account @Rugger_observer, I welcome you to the forum...

Keeping in mind what @wisemaan mentioned, do you have any names for those 7 boys?

Moreover, do you think these boys playing opens may be re shuffled once boys return?

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Smokey since 1977

"The goddamn Germans' got nothin' to do with it"

 

[Professor62]

Thank you WLF3 for your observations.

In a recent interview, John Reading (ex Joeys 1st XV coach and winner of 3 titles) noted that Joeys have never played St Joseph's Nudgee. It would take some organizing but I would love to see a tournament involving all winning schools in Australia play in a schools carnival like we see in the Aus Schools Championships.

Here are my contenders.
Winners of these school rugby competitions would play.

AAGPS
CAS
ISA
QLD Associated Independent Colleges
QLD GPS
Victorian Schools Rugby Union

It would be an incredible experience.

Only issue here @Joker would be year 12 boys going to do their HSCs, with many schools having their trial exams the week after the GPS comp finishes.

 

[wisemaan]

Only issue here @Joker would be year 12 boys going to do their HSCs, with many schools having their trial exams the week after the GPS comp finishes.

I think most boys would rather play footy... (I would haha) If this comp could be organised it would be one for the absolute ages I reckon.